Lecture/Discussion—15 hour(s).Special 12-week accelerated, intensive summer session course that combines the work of courses ARB 1, 2, and 3. Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic through development of all language skills in a cultural context with emphasis on communicative proficiency. Not open for credit to students who have completed ARB 001, ARB 002, or ARB 003.(Letter.)GE credit: AH, WC.Effective: 2014 Summer Special Session.

Lecture/Discussion—15 hour(s).Special 12-week accelerated, intensive summer session course that combines the work of courses ARB 21, 22, and 23. Modern Standard Arabic through development of all language skills in a cultural context with emphasis on communicative proficiency. Not open for credit to students who have completed ARB 021, ARB 022, or ARB 023.(Letter.)GE credit: AH, WC.Effective: 2017 Summer Special Session.

ARB021C—Colloquial Egyptian Arabic(4)Active

Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Lecture/Lab—1 hour(s).Prerequisite(s):ARB 003; or Consent of Instructor.Continuation of the Colloquial Egyptian Arabic covered in the first year of Arabic; courses 1, 2, and 3.May be repeated up to 1 Time(s) if instruction material changes.(Letter.)GE credit: AH, OL, WC.Effective: 2017 Spring Quarter.

ARB021L—Colloquial Levantine Arabic(4)Active

Lecture/Discussion—4 hour(s).Prerequisite(s):ARB 003; or Consent of Instructor.Continuation of colloquial Levantine Arabic presented in Arabic 1,2 and 3. Integrated presentation of speaking and listening skills in colloquial Levantine Arabic, with reading and writing in Modern Standard Arabic that is related to Levantine cultural production and social life.(Letter.)GE credit: AH, OL, WC.Effective: 2017 Fall Quarter.

Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Lecture/Lab—1 hour(s).Prerequisite(s):ARB 021C; or Consent of Instructor.Continuation of the Colloquial Egyptian Arabic covered in first year of Arabic; courses 1, 2, and 3 and the first quarter of Colloquial Arabic course 21C.May be repeated up to 1 Time(s) if instruction material changes.(Letter.)GE credit: AH, OL, WC.Effective: 2017 Spring Quarter.

Discussion—3 hour(s); Extensive Writing.Prerequisite(s):ARB 123; or Consent of Instructor.Readings in Arabic. Poetry, prose literature, and selections from texts on religion, history, politics, science, philosophy and mysticism. May be repeated up to 1 Time(s) Students can repeat the course if the instructor decides that they would benefit from additional practice working on the different selections from the same texts or if 50% or more of the texts are different.(Letter.)GE credit: AH, OL, SS, WC, WE.Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.

ARB121—Advanced Arabic(4)Active

Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Term Paper.Prerequisite(s):ARB 023; or Consent of Instructor.Review, refinement, and development of skills learned in intermediate Arabic through work with texts, video, and audio on cultural and social issues. Integrated approach to reading, writing, listening, speaking primarily standard Arabic, with limited use of one colloquial dialect.May be repeated up to 2 Time(s) based on different readings.(Letter.)GE credit: AH, WC.Effective: 2011 Fall Quarter.

ARB122—Advanced Arabic(4)Active

Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s).Prerequisite(s):ARB 121; or Consent of Instructor.Continuation of course 121. Further development of advanced skills in reading, listening, writing, and speaking standard Arabic through work with texts, video, and audio on cultural and social issues. Limited use of one colloquial dialect. (Letter.)GE credit: AH, WC.Effective: 2009 Winter Quarter.

ARB123—Advanced Arabic(4)Active

Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s).Prerequisite(s):ARB 122; or Consent of Instructor.Continuation of course 122. Further development of advanced skills in reading, listening, writing, and speaking standard Arabic through work with texts, video, and audio on cultural and social issues. Limited use of one colloquial dialect. (Letter.)GE credit: AH, WC.Effective: 2009 Spring Quarter.

ARB140—A Story for a Life: The Arabian Nights(4)Active

Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Term Paper.In-depth exploration of The Arabian Nights, the best-known work of pre-modern Arabic literature and a major work of world literature. Analysis of the work in its historical context and in comparison to other frame tales in world literature.(Same course as COM 172 and MSA 121C.)(Letter.)GE credit: AH, WC, WE.Effective: 2016 Winter Quarter.

ARB141—Readings in Modern Arabic Literature(4)Active

Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Extensive Writing.Prerequisite(s):ARB 123; or Consent of Instructor.Readings of modern Arabic poetry and fiction in original format, assisted by instructor-prepared glossaries and other supplementary material. Readings to be followed by class discussion and short writing assignments in Arabic. Open to students at advanced proficiency in Arabic.May be repeated up to 1 Time(s) if reading material changes.(Letter.)GE credit: AH, WC.Effective: 2014 Fall Quarter.

ARB198—Directed Group Study(1-5)Active

Variable—1-5 hour(s).Prerequisite(s):Consent of Instructor.Development of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in advanced Arabic. Materials may include al-Kitaab Part Two or Three, news articles and broadcasts, short stories, poetry, novels, essays, scripture, prophetic traditions, audio recordings, and television and film. May be repeated up to 4 Time(s) content differs.(Letter.)Effective: 2008 Fall Quarter.

ARB297—Directed Independent Study(4)Active

Discussion—1 hour(s); Independent Study.Prerequisite(s):Graduate standing or consent of instructor.Restricted to graduate students.Directed Independent Study on a topic culminating in a term paper. Independent Study may only be arranged with consent of the instructor when graduate seminars are unavailable. Topic varies by instructor.May be repeated up to 5 Time(s) when no graduate seminars are available and topic differs.(Letter.)Effective: 2015 Fall Quarter.